Maid service, cleaning service, apartment cleaning and janitorial service are terms more modernly describing a specialized outside service, providing a specific service to individuals, Business, fraternal clubs and associations as well residential premises.
Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in affluent homes and profitable businesses, today a maid may be the only domestic worker that middle and even upper-income households can afford, as a household domestic-help employee. Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and tending to the household children.
Socioeconomic opportunities, not being confined to any specific global location, may allow cleaning services to perform 'cleaning' as their source of business as a service.
There are thousands of residential cleaning businesses throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, South Korea, and Indonesia. Historically and traditionally, cleaning was considered a woman's role, but as more and more women have joined the workforce, the time pressure on families with children has grown. Consequently, paying a service for cleaning makes sense to persons who can afford it. Additionally, many modern homeowners lack the proper knowledge to use the safest and most effective cleaning products.
In real estate, investors and landlords can begin the basic cleaning of the interior of a property once tenants have vacated and all debris is removed. For those properties seized by the banks due to foreclosure, this is done in the real-estate owned (REO) stage and is called a maid refresh.
A maid service may be more expensive than simply hiring a part-time maid, but it offers a number of advantages. Usually the service will provide not only someone to do the cleaning, but also all of the necessary cleaning supplies. Also, as a bona fide employer, the service is responsible for withholding Social Security and other income taxes. Third, a service is insured and often Surety bond, so it can be held accountable if something is Theft or missing.
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